January 2023

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Thursday January 5 at 7 P. M.

Musica Transalpina: Requiem Memorial for Pope Benedict XVI

program: Requiem ex F con terza minore by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

Musica Transalpina is a professional vocal & period instrument ensemble dedicated to reviving sacred music from the early baroque period. World-class musicians incorporate the most recent HIP scholarship in their field to offer performances of music never before heard in America. Bryan Roach, Musical Director

One of the most immediately identifiable legacies of Pope Benedict XVI., which continues unabatedly even after his pontificate, is the profound effect he had on serious liturgical music.  He was a gentleman of refined musical sensibilities and discriminating taste, promoting a high standard of musicianship which has reintroduced choral music into churches, and not only in concert settings. He was a great proponent of the Church’s full classical music tradition, not interpreted narrowly in terms of simple Roman plainchant and austere Renaissance polyphony, but broadly, in the grand Central European tradition in which he was raised and which Musica Transalpina is dedicated to bringing to the United States. He believed that there was a deep spiritual & psychological value in “baroque masterpieces” and concerted mass settings because they can help the faithful contemplate the joy of the the Faith by their confidence and brillo.

Free , parking onsite in large church lot

Ss. Peter and Paul Parish Church, 515 West Opp Street, Wilmington CA 90744.

more info: https://musicatransalpina.org/category/events/upcoming/

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 21

Friday Jan 6, 2023 | 8:00pm*

Saturday Jan 7, 2023 | 7:00pm

​(Repeats  Jan 12, 14,  20, 21 (final weekend Sold Out)

Pacific Opera Project: Antonio Vivaldi's

Ercole su'l Termodonte. 

ENJOY the video of a performance of this fantastic opera with some excellent singers and production: check out these highlights:

countertenor at 1:45:55

soprano/oboe at 2:00:12

soprano rage aria at 2:10:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vivsV07qKo

POP presents the U.S. premiere of a rare, recently rediscovered Vivaldi opera, "Ercole su'l Termodonte," (1723) based on the Greek myth of the ninth Labor of Hercules, where Hercules is tasked with capturing the sword of Antiope, the queen of the Amazons. POP will employ a mix of countertenors, mezzos, tenors, and sopranos performing the roles of seven castrati (many en travesti) with a period orchestra. Set in the Baroque era, POP will transform the Highland Park Ebell Club into a baroque opera house, complete with hand-built box seating, pre-show experiences, food, and wine. Opening and closing nights are black-tie optional and costumes are always encouraged. This is not just an opera, but an immersive experience into the 1700s that cannot be missed. The Highland Park Ebell 131 S. Avenue 57 Los Angeles, CA  90042 Tickets: $20-320.

For information, visit www.pacificoperaproject.com/ercole
 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2023 AT 8 PM

Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble: A Merrie Twelfth Night

Jouyssance returns to the British Isles for its beloved celebration of Twelfth Night, performing works by Dunstable, Tallis, Byrd and Philips, plus a host of 15th and 16th century carols both familiar and obscure.
Join us afterwards as we toast the holiday season with some complimentary goodies and a cup of Wassail!

Saint Paul the Apostle 10750 Ohio Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024

more info: https://www.facebook.com/jouyssance/

www.jouyssance.org/current-season

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 7TH @ 7:30 PM

Kontrapunktus : music by  Handel and Bach: Soli Deo gloria

Led by acclaimed Sphinx Competition First Place Laureate and Concertmaster, HANNAH WHITE, and featuring a world-class chamber ensemble that hail from the prestigious Juilliard School and Colburn School

Program includes Bach’s, “Violin Concerto in A Minor.” with Aubree Oliverso, violin

            Although these two musical titans were born five weeks and less than 100 miles apart, they could not have been more different. Handel dedicated his life to commerce and was ostentatious; whereas, Bach committed his to the clergy and was modest. They shared only a few things in common-a mutual friend in their eminent counterpart, Georg Philipp Telemann, a penchant for coffee, a superlative ingenuity for composition, and the initials "S.D.G." that both, especially Bach, inscribed at the end of many of these compositions to extol their faith. "S.D.G." is abbreviated for SOLI DEO GLORIA, which is Latin for Glory to God alone.  This sacred locution is indicative of the magnificent production we have planned for this winter. And with just about every member of our stellar ensemble returning, SOLI DEO GLORIA promises to be a concertgoing experience for the ages!

Parking is free and masks are optional, All venues are ADA compliant

Ticket $20-$25,  more info: https://www.kontrapunktus.com/

WEST HOLLYWOOD, ST. AMBROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH

 

SUNDAY, JANUARY 8TH @ 4 PM (Doors open at 3 PM)

Kontrapunktus : music by  Handel and Bach: Soli Deo gloria

Led by acclaimed Sphinx Competition First Place Laureate and Concertmaster, HANNAH WHITE, and featuring a world-class chamber ensemble that hail from the prestigious Juilliard School and Colburn School

Program includes Bach’s, “Violin Concerto in A Minor.” with Aubree Oliverso, violin

            Although these two musical titans were born five weeks and less than 100 miles apart, they could not have been more different. Handel dedicated his life to commerce and was ostentatious; whereas, Bach committed his to the clergy and was modest. They shared only a few things in common-a mutual friend in their eminent counterpart, Georg Philipp Telemann, a penchant for coffee, a superlative ingenuity for composition, and the initials "S.D.G." that both, especially Bach, inscribed at the end of many of these compositions to extol their faith. "S.D.G." is abbreviated for SOLI DEO GLORIA, which is Latin for Glory to God alone.  This sacred locution is indicative of the magnificent production we have planned for this winter. And with just about every member of our stellar ensemble returning, SOLI DEO GLORIA promises to be a concertgoing experience for the ages!

Parking is free and masks are optional, All venues are ADA compliant

Ticket $20-$25,  more info: https://www.kontrapunktus.com/

CITY OF ORANGE, ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH
 

Sunday, January 8, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. (livestream and live audience - but note reservation requirements below)

COREY CEROVSEK,  Violinist

Program

J.S. Bach (1685-1750):Sonata No.in G Minor for solo violin, BWV1001

J.S. Bach:Sonata No.3 in C Major for solo violin, BWV1005

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for solo violin, Op.6

CLASSICAL CROSSROADS  Second Sundays at Two presents COREY CEROVSEK. Working with Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, Michael Tilson Thomas, among numerous other notable conductors, Corey Cerovsek has performed with leading orchestras worldwide. In recital, he has performed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston), the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Lincoln Center Walter Reade Theater and the Frick Collection (New York), the Place des Arts (Montréal), the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra “Debut Series,” Wigmore Hall (London), and the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Salle Gaveau (Paris). 

~ free admission ~

Classical Crossroads concerts are once again open to the public. Advance reservations are required, as are proof of vaccination + booster and N95-level masks (provided gratis). Email ClassicalCrossroads@Earthlink.net by a day ahead with the number in your party and request to be included on the check-in list.

Rolling Hills United Methodist Church, Rolling Hills Estates, California

livestream: https://vimeo.com/event/2721288

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 (see Jan 6,7 listing for information)

​Thursday Jan 12, 2023 | 8:00pm

Saturday Jan 14, 2023 |  2:00pm & 7:00pm

​Friday Jan 20, 2023 | 8:00pm

Saturday Jan 21, 2023 |  2:00pm & 7:00pm*
Pacific Opera Project: Antonio Vivaldi Ercole su'l Termodonte. 

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13TH @ 7:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM

Kontrapunktus : music by  Handel and Bach: Soli Deo gloria

Led by acclaimed Sphinx Competition First Place Laureate and Concertmaster, HANNAH WHITE, and featuring a world-class chamber ensemble that hail from the prestigious Juilliard School and Colburn School

Program includes Bach’s, “Violin Concerto in A Minor.” with Aubree Oliverso, violin

            Although these two musical titans were born five weeks and less than 100 miles apart, they could not have been more different. Handel dedicated his life to commerce and was ostentatious; whereas, Bach committed his to the clergy and was modest. They shared only a few things in common-a mutual friend in their eminent counterpart, Georg Philipp Telemann, a penchant for coffee, a superlative ingenuity for composition, and the initials "S.D.G." that both, especially Bach, inscribed at the end of many of these compositions to extol their faith. "S.D.G." is abbreviated for SOLI DEO GLORIA, which is Latin for Glory to God alone.  This sacred locution is indicative of the magnificent production we have planned for this winter. And with just about every member of our stellar ensemble returning, SOLI DEO GLORIA promises to be a concertgoing experience for the ages!

Parking is free and masks are optional, All venues are ADA compliant

Ticket $20-$25,  more info: https://www.kontrapunktus.com/

LONG BEACH, GRACE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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Sat, Jan 14, 2023 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM (repeats Sun, Jan 15, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (First Congregational Church of Los Angeles | Shatto Chapel)

Musica Angelica Baroque orchestra: Chaos: A Celebration of Baroque Virtuosity

Co-Directed by Principal Cellist Dr. Alexa Haynes-Pilon and Concertmaster Ilia Korol.

PROGRAM:

Rebel : selections from ‘Les Élémens’

Telemann: Concerto for 2 violins in B flat Major, TWV 52:B2 

Handel : Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325

Geminiani: Concerto Grosso op. 3, no. 3 in E minor  

F. Durante : Concerto No. 8 in A major La Pazzia (“Madness”) 

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto RV 208 in D major, “Grosso Mogul”

Telemann: Concerto for flute, violin and cello in A major, TWV 53:A2 

Ticket Price $58.00-$80.00

Beverly O'Neill Theater, 300 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90802

more info: https://www.musicaangelica.org/ 

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 14TH @ 7:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM

Kontrapunktus : music by  Handel and Bach: Soli Deo gloria

Led by acclaimed Sphinx Competition First Place Laureate and Concertmaster, HANNAH WHITE, and featuring a world-class chamber ensemble that hail from the prestigious Juilliard School and Colburn School

Program includes Bach’s, “Violin Concerto in A Minor.” with Aubree Oliverso, violin

            Although these two musical titans were born five weeks and less than 100 miles apart, they could not have been more different. Handel dedicated his life to commerce and was ostentatious; whereas, Bach committed his to the clergy and was modest. They shared only a few things in common-a mutual friend in their eminent counterpart, Georg Philipp Telemann, a penchant for coffee, a superlative ingenuity for composition, and the initials "S.D.G." that both, especially Bach, inscribed at the end of many of these compositions to extol their faith. "S.D.G." is abbreviated for SOLI DEO GLORIA, which is Latin for Glory to God alone.  This sacred locution is indicative of the magnificent production we have planned for this winter. And with just about every member of our stellar ensemble returning, SOLI DEO GLORIA promises to be a concertgoing experience for the ages!

Parking is free and masks are optional, All venues are ADA compliant

Ticket $20-$25,  more info: https://www.kontrapunktus.com/

LAGUNA BEACH, LAGUNA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 15TH @ 7:30 PM, doors open at 6:30 PM

Kontrapunktus : music by  Handel and Bach: Soli Deo gloria

Led by acclaimed Sphinx Competition First Place Laureate and Concertmaster, HANNAH WHITE, and featuring a world-class chamber ensemble that hail from the prestigious Juilliard School and Colburn School

Program includes Bach’s, “Violin Concerto in A Minor.” with Aubree Oliverso, violin

            Although these two musical titans were born five weeks and less than 100 miles apart, they could not have been more different. Handel dedicated his life to commerce and was ostentatious; whereas, Bach committed his to the clergy and was modest. They shared only a few things in common-a mutual friend in their eminent counterpart, Georg Philipp Telemann, a penchant for coffee, a superlative ingenuity for composition, and the initials "S.D.G." that both, especially Bach, inscribed at the end of many of these compositions to extol their faith. "S.D.G." is abbreviated for SOLI DEO GLORIA, which is Latin for Glory to God alone.  This sacred locution is indicative of the magnificent production we have planned for this winter. And with just about every member of our stellar ensemble returning, SOLI DEO GLORIA promises to be a concertgoing experience for the ages!

Parking is free and masks are optional, All venues are ADA compliant

Ticket $20-$25,  more info: https://www.kontrapunktus.com/

PASADENA, ST. ANDREW'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

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Sun, Jan 15, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (repeats Jan 14 7:30 PM in Long Beach)

Musica Angelica Baroque orchestra: Chaos: A Celebration of Baroque Virtuosity

Co-Directed by Principal Cellist Dr. Alexa Haynes-Pilon and Concertmaster Ilia Korol.

PROGRAM:

Rebel : selections from ‘Les Élémens’

Telemann: Concerto for 2 violins in B flat Major, TWV 52:B2 

Handel : Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, op. 6, No. 7, HWV 325

Geminiani: Concerto Grosso op. 3, no. 3 in E minor  

F. Durante : Concerto No. 8 in A major La Pazzia (“Madness”) 

Vivaldi: Violin Concerto RV 208 in D major, “Grosso Mogul”

Telemann: Concerto for flute, violin and cello in A major, TWV 53:A2 

Ticket Price $58.00-$80.00

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles | Shatto Chapel, 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90020

more info: https://www.musicaangelica.org/

 

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm        

Tesserae Baroque: Dresden Ditties with special guest Rachel Podger

During the Baroque, Dresden was one of the most prominent and innovative musical centers in Europe, with composers and virtuosic performers such as Pisendel, Hasse, and Zelenka elevating the musical activities of the city to new heights. It was during one of his many visits to this particular city that Johann Sebastian Bach – who in 1736 was appointed Dresden Hofcomponist (Court Composer) – referred to Hasse’s 1731 opera Cleofide as the “Dresden ditties’. While sounding rather disparaging to English ears, the original German phrase,”Dresden Liederchen,” actually does not imply any contempt on the part of the elderly Bach, who by all counts was a major admirer of Dresden and its musicians.

Rachel Podger directs a collaborative performance between the Colburn Conservatory students and Tesserae Baroque in a performance of this virtuosic and exciting repertoire, including music by Bach as well as many ditties of Dresden.

Tickets: $30, $15

Zipper Hall, The Colburn School 200 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012

more info: https://tesseraebaroque.org/event/dresden-ditties/

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 - SATURDAY, JANUARY 21 (see Jan 6,7 listing for information)

​Friday Jan 20, 2023 | 8:00pm

Saturday Jan 21, 2023 |  2:00pm & 7:00pm*
Pacific Opera Project: Antonio Vivaldi Ercole su'l Termodonte. 

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Friday, January 20, 2023, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Tesserae Baroque : Bach Week at Cal Poly: Chamber Concert

Tesserae Baroque is delighted to continue its tradition as resident ensemble for Cal Poly’s annual Bach Week in San Luis Obispo. For the Friday Chamber Concert, we will be joined by tenor Michael Jones and soprano Rebecca Myers for our “Bach Reconstructed/Deconstructed’ program.

For ticketing information, please visit bachweek.calpoly.edu.

First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo  981 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

 

Friday, January 20, 2023   1:00-2:00 PM

Prof. Ireri Chávez-Bárcenas, Bowdoin College: USC MUSICOLOGY FORUM LECTURE“Sounds of Race in 17th-Century New Spain”

Herklotz Seminar Room, University of Southern California

Doheny Memorial Library 3550 Trousdale Prkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Admission Free and Open to the Public

(masks are strongly recommended indoors)

For all of our events, follow us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/USCEarlyMusic/

and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/USCEarlyMusic

For more information, contact: earlymusic@usc.edu

For more information, contact Adam Knight Gilbert at akgilber@usc.edu or (213) 821-6052

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Saturday, January 21, 2023, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm       

Tesserae Baroque: Bach Week Finale: Bach and the German Chorale

Members of Cal Poly’s Chamber Choir, Symphony and faculty join with Tesserae Baroque to perform a variety of works based on German chorale tunes and texts. The first half of the concert will include a series of motets. The Chamber Choir will begin with a short chorale motet by Heinrich Schütz, who influenced J.S. Bach. The combined choirs will then perform Bach’s celebrated motet “Komm, Jesu Komm” followed by two motets by Johannes Brahms, created in the style of Bach. The orchestra will perform instrumental music under the leadership of Tesserae Baroque to close out the first half of the concert. The second half of the concert will feature one of Bach’s greatest chorale cantatas: “Jesu, der du meine Seele,” BWV 78.

First Presbyterian Church, San Luis Obispo  981 Marsh Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 + Google Map 

https://bachweek.calpoly.edu/

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Saturday, January 28, 2023, 7:30 pm, 6:30 pm preconcert lecture

6:30 pm preconcert lecture - Preludes @ The Wallis, featuring pre-concert conversation with the artists moderated by Classical California KUSC’s Brian Lauritzen

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Concerti

Concerti featuring Principal Viola Yura Lee and Principal Trumpet David Washburn; curated by Concertmaster/Director of Chamber Music Margaret Batjer,

Highlights include newly appointed LACO Principal Viola Yura Lee featured on one of the earliest known viola concertos, Telemann's Viola Concerto in G Major, and Principal Trumpet David Washburn performing the pre-classical Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major, a hidden gem by little-known Czech composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, and Handel's Concerto Grosso in A Major, one of the most celebrated works for strings from the Baroque era.

The program is dedicated to the memory of Warner W. Henry, LACO Board Director Emeritus and a champion of chamber and Baroque music.

PROGRAM:

CORELLI Concerto Grosso in D Major, Opus 6, No. 4

GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in D Major, Opus 5, No. 1

JOHANN BAPTIST GEORG NERUDA Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major

TELEMANN Viola Concerto in G Major

HANDEL Concerto Grosso in A Major, Opus 6, No. 11

For tickets ($79, $59, $39, $29, The Wallis) and information, please visit www.laco.org or call 213 221 3920

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 9390 N. Santa Monica Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

 

Sunday, January 29, 2023, 7:30 pm - concert; 7:00 pm preconcert lecture

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Baroque Concerti

Concerti featuring Principal Viola Yura Lee and Principal Trumpet David Washburn; curated by Concertmaster/Director of Chamber Music Margaret Batjer,

Highlights include newly appointed LACO Principal Viola Yura Lee featured on one of the earliest known viola concertos, Telemann's Viola Concerto in G Major, and Principal Trumpet David Washburn performing the pre-classical Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major, a hidden gem by little-known Czech composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, and Handel's Concerto Grosso in A Major, one of the most celebrated works for strings from the Baroque era.

The program is dedicated to the memory of Warner W. Henry, LACO Board Director Emeritus and a champion of chamber and Baroque music.

PROGRAM:

CORELLI Concerto Grosso in D Major, Opus 6, No. 4

GEMINIANI Concerto Grosso in D Major, Opus 5, No. 1

JOHANN BAPTIST GEORG NERUDA Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major

TELEMANN Viola Concerto in G Major

HANDEL Concerto Grosso in A Major, Opus 6, No. 11

For tickets ($58, Rothenberg Hall) and information, please visit www.laco.org or call 213 221 3920

Rothenberg Hall, The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108

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February 2023

FRIDAY, February 3, 2023 12:00-1:00 p.m.

CON GIOIA Early Music Ensemble: Inspired by Goethe: Music with texts by Goethe composed by his contemporaries.

John Buffet, baritone; and Janelle DeStefano, mezzo-soprano; with artistic director Preethi de Silva, and Stephan Moss, fortepiano; commentary by Prof. Roswitha Burwick.  

Admission is free.

Balch Auditorium, Scripps College. 10th and Columbia, Claremont, CA 91711

Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative result of a diagnostic test result taken within 32 hours prior to the event will be required for entry.Proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or a negative result of a diagnostic test result taken within 32 hours prior to the event will be required forentry. All audience members must wear a mask and observe social distancing when indoors at the venue.Further details at www.congioia.org (909) 624-0638.

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Friday February 17, 2023  1:30 PM (part of an actual wedding)

Musica Transalpina : Royal Wedding Music - Schmelzer Missa Nuptialis

            Musica Transalpina will proudly present Heinrich Schmelzer’s Missa Nuptialis which was composed for the royal wedding of the Infanta Margaret Theresa of Spain to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. in 1666. The Infanta’s wedding to the Emperor was one of the most splendid ceremonies of the baroque era, whose lavish festivities––including pyrotechnics upon her entrée into Vienna, costly productions like Antonio Cesti’s opera Il pomo d’oro and Schmelzer’s famous horse ballet that the Emperor himself performed in––lasted for nearly two years. These celebrations were warranted because this union cemented Habsburg hegemony which, if an heir were produced, would ensure lasting peace following the devastation of the Thirty Years’ War.

            In continuing with their tradition of historically-informed performances of baroque sacred music in liturgical settings, Musica Transalpina will help recreate the wedding Mass as it would have been heard by the select audience invited to witness this intimate 17th-century royal ceremony.

This performance is endorsed by the Spanish Consulate and the Instituto Cervantes, dedicated to the promotion of Spanish arts & culture. 

As always, Musica Transalpina performances are free of charge and open to the public, but please consider donating to support their research and performance of baroque sacred music.by donating on their website, musicatransalpina.org. Musica Transalpina is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.

Ss. Peter and Paul parish church 515 West Opp Street Wilmington, CA  90744

parking  in large church lot, , more information:  musicatransalpina.org

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Saturday, February 25 300-4:15 pm

Dialogos Ensemble: “Barlaam and Josaphat” (a Medieval story told through music)

The sounds of the medieval past are conjured in Paris-based Ensemble Dialogos's presentation of the legend of Barlaam and Josaphat. Wildly popular in medieval Europe, the tale of Prince Josaphat and his hermit-teacher Barlaam originated in 3rd-4th century India and tells a surreal, Christianized version of the life of Buddha. In this concert, Ensemble Dialogos explores the legend through several musical repertoires of the Middle Ages, reflecting the beloved story's translation into Greek, Latin, Old-Russian, Old-Croatian, Old-French, medieval Occitan, and Italian manuscripts. Program includes supertitles.
Ensemble Dialogos.: Founded in 1997, the ensemble brings together singers and instrumentalists from different backgrounds and countries to revive European oral and written traditions, from the Middle Ages to the present day. Katarina Livljanić, voice, direction, Albrecht Maurer, fiddle, rebec, Norbert Rodenkirchen, flutes, harp
This performance complements the Getty exhibition A Passion for Collecting Manuscripts on view January 31 through April 23, 2023.

Concert-related links:
Trailer 1:  https://youtu.be/uH-QYO5Xskk (introduction)
Trailer 2:  https://youtu.be/rRManNdwYCM (story)
Song 1: https://youtu.be/uhGzxJaHxSc (Era in qual tempo)
Song 2: https://youtu.be/zBffKHNM0IQ (Poyde Baarlam)

This concert is in conjunction with the UCLA CMRS conference:

“The Future of Medieval France” is an international conference on the past, present, and future of medieval studies in Europe presented in honor of John W. Baldwin. Organized by Professor Meredith Cohen (Art History, UCLA) and Professor Zrinka Stahuljak (CMRS-CEGS Director, UCLA).

https://cmrs.ucla.edu/conference/the-future-of-medieval-france/

FREE! concert seats must be reserved separately from conference registration — advance tickets required.

Getty Center. Paid parking available at the Center.

More information and reservations on the Getty Center’s website https://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_3762.html

 

Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 pm, at The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall (San Marino) (repeats March 2, 3 4, 5)

Emi Ferguson (baroque and modern flute) and “baroque band” RUCKUS: J.S. Bach flute sonatas and preludes

     Camerata Pacifica, considered one of the nation’s leading chamber ensembles, presents acclaimed flute virtuoso Emi Ferguson, and RUCKUS, "the world’s only period-instrument rock band" (San Francisco Classical Voice), in a lively performance of a selection of Bach’s transcendent Sonatas and Preludes. According Ferguson, these idiosyncratic performers reimagine Bach for the 21st-century, infusing his music “with equal parts tradition, funk, whimsy, and fun.” Ferguson is a historical flutist, serving as Principal Flute of the Handel and Haydn Society, is a frequent guest artist with such period groups as Voices of Music, the American Classical Orchestra, and Trinity’s Baroque Orchestra.Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative “Baroque band“ with a visceral and playful approach to early music. The band’s performances, hailed as “superb” (Opera News) are described as “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (New York Times). Ruckus’s core is a continuo group, the Baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. Other members include soloists of the violin, flute and oboe. The ensemble fuses the creative spirit of early music with the grit, groove, and jangle of American roots music to create a unique sound. In 2022, Rukus served as baroque band in residence at The Ojai Festival.

PROGRAM: G Major Prelude, BWV 884, E Minor Prelude, BWV 855, G Minor Prelude, BWV 847, C Minor Prelude, BWV 999, E Major Prelude, BWV 815a, E Minor Flute Sonata, BWV 1034, C Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1033, E Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035

tickets ($68)

more info : www.cameratapacifica.org

The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108

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March 2023 is EARLY MUSIC month

Thursday, March 2, 8 pm, at Zipper Hall, The Colburn School (Downtown Los Angeles) (repeats Feb 28, March 3, 4, 5)

Emi Ferguson (baroque and modern flute) and “baroque band” RUCKUS: J.S. Bach flute sonatas and preludes

     Camerata Pacifica, considered one of the nation’s leading chamber ensembles, presents acclaimed flute virtuoso Emi Ferguson, and RUCKUS, "the world’s only period-instrument rock band" (San Francisco Classical Voice), in a lively performance of a selection of Bach’s transcendent Sonatas and Preludes. According Ferguson, these idiosyncratic performers reimagine Bach for the 21st-century, infusing his music “with equal parts tradition, funk, whimsy, and fun.” Ferguson is a historical flutist, serving as Principal Flute of the Handel and Haydn Society, is a frequent guest artist with such period groups as Voices of Music, the American Classical Orchestra, and Trinity’s Baroque Orchestra.Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative “Baroque band“ with a visceral and playful approach to early music. The band’s performances, hailed as “superb” (Opera News) are described as “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (New York Times). Ruckus’s core is a continuo group, the Baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. Other members include soloists of the violin, flute and oboe. The ensemble fuses the creative spirit of early music with the grit, groove, and jangle of American roots music to create a unique sound. In 2022, Rukus served as baroque band in residence at The Ojai Festival.

PROGRAM: G Major Prelude, BWV 884, E Minor Prelude, BWV 855, G Minor Prelude, BWV 847, C Minor Prelude, BWV 999, E Major Prelude, BWV 815a, E Minor Flute Sonata, BWV 1034, C Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1033, E Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035

tickets ($68)

more info : www.cameratapacifica.org

Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012

 

 

Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:30 pm  (Santa Barbara) (repeats Feb 28, March 2, 4, 5)

Emi Ferguson (baroque and modern flute) and “baroque band” RUCKUS: J.S. Bach flute sonatas and preludes

     Camerata Pacifica, considered one of the nation’s leading chamber ensembles, presents acclaimed flute virtuoso Emi Ferguson, and RUCKUS, "the world’s only period-instrument rock band" (San Francisco Classical Voice), in a lively performance of a selection of Bach’s transcendent Sonatas and Preludes. According Ferguson, these idiosyncratic performers reimagine Bach for the 21st-century, infusing his music “with equal parts tradition, funk, whimsy, and fun.” Ferguson is a historical flutist, serving as Principal Flute of the Handel and Haydn Society, is a frequent guest artist with such period groups as Voices of Music, the American Classical Orchestra, and Trinity’s Baroque Orchestra.Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative “Baroque band“ with a visceral and playful approach to early music. The band’s performances, hailed as “superb” (Opera News) are described as “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (New York Times). Ruckus’s core is a continuo group, the Baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. Other members include soloists of the violin, flute and oboe. The ensemble fuses the creative spirit of early music with the grit, groove, and jangle of American roots music to create a unique sound. In 2022, Rukus served as baroque band in residence at The Ojai Festival.

PROGRAM: G Major Prelude, BWV 884, E Minor Prelude, BWV 855, G Minor Prelude, BWV 847, C Minor Prelude, BWV 999, E Major Prelude, BWV 815a, E Minor Flute Sonata, BWV 1034, C Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1033, E Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035

tickets ($68)

more info : www.cameratapacifica.org

Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

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Friday, March 3, 2023 1:00 PM

Nell Snaidas and Alejandro Acosta: USC MUSICOLOGY FORUM LECTURE: 

 "Performing Torrejón y Velasco's La púrpura de la rosa" and "Francisco Javier García Fajer's Missa in D"

Herklotz Seminar Room, University of Southern California

Doheny Memorial Library3550 Trousdale Prkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089

Admission Free and Open to the Public

(masks are strongly recommended indoors)

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For more information, contact: earlymusic@usc.edu

For more information, contact Adam Knight Gilbert at akgilber@usc.edu or  (213) 821-6052

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Friday, March 3, 8:00 PM  

Thornton Baroque Sinfonia: “Early Modern Music in the Americas”

Led by Adam Gilbert, Jason Yoshida, and Jennifer Kampani, the USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia performs selections from Francisco Javier García Fajer's Missa in D and Torrejón y Velasco's La púrpura de la rosa, the first opera composed in the Americas

Admission Free and Open to the Public

Alfred Newman Recital Hall 3616 Trousdale Prkwy, Los Angeles, CA 90089
http://web-app.usc.edu/maps/?id=2
(masks are strongly recommended indoors)

For more information, contact Adam Knight Gilbert at akgilber@usc.edu or  (213) 821-6052
earlymusic@usc.edu

For all of our events, follow us

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Saturday March 4 7:30 pm (La Jolla, 92037)  (SDEMS) (repeats Feb 28, March 2, 3, 5)

Emi Ferguson (baroque and modern flute) and “baroque band” RUCKUS: J.S. Bach flute sonatas and preludes

     Camerata Pacifica, considered one of the nation’s leading chamber ensembles, presents acclaimed flute virtuoso Emi Ferguson, and RUCKUS, "the world’s only period-instrument rock band" (San Francisco Classical Voice), in a lively performance of a selection of Bach’s transcendent Sonatas and Preludes. According Ferguson, these idiosyncratic performers reimagine Bach for the 21st-century, infusing his music “with equal parts tradition, funk, whimsy, and fun.” Ferguson is a historical flutist, serving as Principal Flute of the Handel and Haydn Society, is a frequent guest artist with such period groups as Voices of Music, the American Classical Orchestra, and Trinity’s Baroque Orchestra.Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative “Baroque band“ with a visceral and playful approach to early music. The band’s performances, hailed as “superb” (Opera News) are described as “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (New York Times). Ruckus’s core is a continuo group, the Baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. Other members include soloists of the violin, flute and oboe. The ensemble fuses the creative spirit of early music with the grit, groove, and jangle of American roots music to create a unique sound. In 2022, Rukus served as baroque band in residence at The Ojai Festival.

PROGRAM: G Major Prelude, BWV 884, E Minor Prelude, BWV 855, G Minor Prelude, BWV 847, C Minor Prelude, BWV 999, E Major Prelude, BWV 815a, E Minor Flute Sonata, BWV 1034, C Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1033, E Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035

tickets ($68)

more info : www.cameratapacifica.org

St James by-the-Sea  (La Jolla, 92037)  

https://sdems.org/artist/ruckus/

 

Saturday, March 4, 2023, 8:00 pm

Pacific Chorale  and Bach Collegium San Diego and Tesserae Baroque : Monteverdi’s “Vespers of 1610”

Pacific Chorale, conducted by Artistic Director Robert Istad  and Bach Collegium San Diego  Founder/ Organist Ruben Valenzuela present a Historically-Informed Performance of a pillar of the Baroque music canon whose splendor and virtuosity has captivated audiences for centuries.

Be transported to a world of passionate choruses, virtuosic solos, dancelike rhythms and sensuous duets, with surprises around every turn! Robert Istad conducts Pacific Chorale’s first complete performance of Monteverdi’s stunning Vespers of the Blessed Virgin of 1610, featuring the accomplished period instrumentalists of Bach Collegium San Diego and Tesserae Baroque, with director Ruben Valenzuela at the organ. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to hear one of history’s most dramatic, varied, and exuberant sacred choral works—written to impress a Pope!

Tickets $25 - $75

Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Newport Beach, 2100 Mar Vista Drive 92660

information visit www.pacificchorale.org or call 714-662-2345.

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Sunday March 5, 2023 8:00pm

Mana Azimi: Baroque music for Triple harp

Mana Azimi presents a recital program of Baroque music for triple harp, a rarely heard instrument. She is joined by Maxine Eilander also on triple harp, and Eric Tinkerhess on viola da gamba. The program is music by Trabaci, Marais, Gatti, Handel, Royer, and more.

Free

Ramo Recital Hall, USC campus 820 W 34th St, BMH 100, Los Angeles, CA 90007

across 34th St from the University church

parking : Lot B off Jefferson near Hoover, or Lot X off Figeuroa at 35th St.

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Sunday, March 5, 3 pm,  (Ventura) (repeats Feb 28, March 2, 3, 4)

Emi Ferguson (baroque and modern flute) and “baroque band” RUCKUS: J.S. Bach flute sonatas and preludes

     Camerata Pacifica, considered one of the nation’s leading chamber ensembles, presents acclaimed flute virtuoso Emi Ferguson, and RUCKUS, "the world’s only period-instrument rock band" (San Francisco Classical Voice), in a lively performance of a selection of Bach’s transcendent Sonatas and Preludes. According Ferguson, these idiosyncratic performers reimagine Bach for the 21st-century, infusing his music “with equal parts tradition, funk, whimsy, and fun.” Ferguson is a historical flutist, serving as Principal Flute of the Handel and Haydn Society, is a frequent guest artist with such period groups as Voices of Music, the American Classical Orchestra, and Trinity’s Baroque Orchestra.Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative “Baroque band“ with a visceral and playful approach to early music. The band’s performances, hailed as “superb” (Opera News) are described as “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (New York Times). Ruckus’s core is a continuo group, the Baroque equivalent of a jazz rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. Other members include soloists of the violin, flute and oboe. The ensemble fuses the creative spirit of early music with the grit, groove, and jangle of American roots music to create a unique sound. In 2022, Rukus served as baroque band in residence at The Ojai Festival.

PROGRAM: G Major Prelude, BWV 884, E Minor Prelude, BWV 855, G Minor Prelude, BWV 847, C Minor Prelude, BWV 999, E Major Prelude, BWV 815a, E Minor Flute Sonata, BWV 1034, C Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1033, E Major Flute Sonata, BWV 1035

tickets ($68)

more info : www.cameratapacifica.org

Museum of Ventura County, 100 E Main St, Ventura, CA 93001

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Saturday, March 11  7:00PM, doors open at 6:30PM

UCLA Early Music Ensemble : music from the Spanish Empire

Directed by Marylin Winkle and assisted by Ela Kodzas, this program by the UCLA Early Music Ensemble explores music from the Spanish Empire during the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras. Our musical storytellers will depict feelings of love, loss, and power[lessness] on both inter-personal and national levels as a consequence of Spanish colonialism.

FREE ADMISSION

UCLA Ostin Ensemble Room (Room 110A, located next to Ostin Music Cafe) 

Evelyn & Mo Ostin Music Center, 445 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA 90095

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Sunday March 12 4:00pm-5:00pm

St. Bede's choir and Wessex Consort: Evensong service

Friends of Music at St. Bede's presents the annual Lenten Evensong service.  The Daily Evening Prayer service features choral music by Lasso, Tallis, Tompkins, and Gibbons, sung by the choir and accompanied Wessex Consort playing 8' consort of low recorders, with Frank Basile conducting and playing organ. Prelude and postlude music by Tallis, Isaac, Morley, and Victoria is played by the Wessex Consort on a 6' recorder consort.

Free

St. Bedes Episcopal church, 3590 Grand View Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

ample parking in the church lot and street

 

March 18 7:30 PM  (repeats March 19 in Los Angeles)

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra: Ode to Music: Handel, Hendrix, and a Very Special House- Long Beach

Directed by Gonzalo X Ruiz featuring soprano soloist Clara Rottsolk.

      When Handel settled in London at the house where he would spend the rest of his life, he became obsessed with the great English poets of previous generations, resulting in his setting of “Ode to St. Cecilia,” a veritable love letter to music. We combine arias from this masterpiece with instrumental works from his great Opus 6 Concerti Grossi and “Terpsichore”, Handel’s love letter to dance. Many generations later, another musical pioneer took up residence in the same house: Jimi Hendrix! We celebrate this odd connection with a "built-in encore" of "Little Wing" arranged for rock quartet and Musica Angelica, in the spirit of last season's "Exit Music.”

Beverly O’Neill Theater 300 East Ocean Boulevard Long Beach, California 90802

more info: https://www.musicaangelica.org/

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March 19 (repeats March 18 in Long Beach)

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra: Ode to Music: Handel, Hendrix, and a Very Special House- Long Beach

Directed by Gonzalo X Ruiz featuring soprano soloist Clara Rottsolk.

     When Handel settled in London at the house where he would spend the rest of his life, he became obsessed with the great English poets of previous generations, resulting in his setting of “Ode to St. Cecilia,” a veritable love letter to music. We combine arias from this masterpiece with instrumental works from his great Opus 6 Concerti Grossi and “Terpsichore”, Handel’s love letter to dance. Many generations later, another musical pioneer took up residence in the same house: Jimi Hendrix! We celebrate this odd connection with a "built-in encore" of "Little Wing" arranged for rock quartet and Musica Angelica, in the spirit of last season's "Exit Music.”

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles | Shatto Chapel 540 South Commonwealth Avenue Los Angeles, California 90020

more info: https://www.musicaangelica.org/

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March 24 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm (San Diego)

Concerto Köln and Jeanine De Bique : "Mirrors," arias by Handel, Graun, Telemann

The program examins how the same opera heroine might be differently conceived by major Baroque composers. The program is titled after their 2021 album that was enthusiastically received by critics and the public.

Cost:$10 – $50

San Diego Early Music Society

St James by-the-Sea 743 Prospect St La Jolla, 92037 United States

https://sdems.org/event/jeanine-de-bique-concerto-koln/

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Friday, March 24, 2023, 7:00 p.m.  (San Diego) (repeats  Saturday, March 25, 2023, 7:00 p.m.)

Bach Collegium San Diego ; J.S. BACH: ST. MATTHEW PASSION

J.S. Bach’s vivid musical account of Christ's passion combines a striking drama and devotion forming a pinnacle of the vocal works composed for the Leipzig churches.

Bach's St. Matthew Passion was written for the Good Friday Vespers service of 1727 at the St Thomas' Church Leipzig and brings together relevant themes of betrayal, judgement, death, and love as expressed through St. Matthew's Gospel and Bach's librettist Picander.

SOLOISTS: Aaron Sheehan, Evangelist , Clara Rottsolk, Soprano , Estelí Gomez, Soprano , Virginia Warnken, Mezzo-Soprano , Jay Carter, Countertenor , Paul Max Tipton (Christus), Bass-Baritone , Enrico Lagasca (Pilatus), Bass-Baritone

All Souls' Episcopal Church 1475 Catalina Blvd, San Diego, CA 92017

more info: https://bachcollegiumsd.org/

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Saturday March 25th at 7 P. M.

Musica Transalpina: Cavalli’s Messa Concertata from his Musiche Sacre concernenti

Published at Venice in 1656,this mass displays many characteristics of sacred music of the 1640s, and bears a striking resemblance to Monteverdi’s setting of the Gloria published in his famous Selva Morale e Spirituale of 1641. Indeed, Cavalli––who was immensely important for the development of opera––was Monteverdi’s assistant at S. Mark’s Basilica, and this Mass reflects a keen awareness of the text along with the dense partwriting and sudden shifts in texture between soloists & ripienists that became fashionable as the polychoral style started to thicken towards the middle of the seventeenth century. As Cavalli succeeded Monteverdi after the latter died in 1643, this gives us an idea of what a complete mass by Monteverdi in the concertato style would have sounded like.

Monteverdi: Gloria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X4w-6gxJZ4

Free: We never charge for our performances: All these programes are made possible by the kindness of our generous benefactors. Thank you for helping us bring classical music of the highest calibre to a wider audience.

parking onsite in large church lot

Ss. Peter and Paul Parish Church, 515 West Opp Street, Wilmington CA 90744.

more info: https://musicatransalpina.org/category/events/upcoming/

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Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 4:00PM

L.A. Camerata: LOVE & MAGIC: A Salon Performance

L.A. Camerata performs selections from Camilla de Rossi’s secular cantata, Fra Dori e Fileno (1710) & a new opera by Tamzin Elliott, Meidelant (libretto by Sara Fetherolf).

FRA DORI E FILENO- Fileno, a shepherd (Sarah Reynolds), approaches the shoreline where he sees Dori, a sea nymph (Marisa De Silva), arise from the waves. By the next day, they are wed. This piece will be performed on period instruments.

MEIDELANT-Morgan, a.k.a. Morgana le Fey from Arthurian legend (Hannah Rice), discovers magic and her sexuality during her youthful years in a convent. This score calls for historical instruments and synthesizer.

We hope to perform both of these works in their entirety in the near future but need your support to actualize that goal!

PERFORMERS: Marylin Winkle, Artistic Director, baroque cello, viola da gamba, vielle

Tamzin Elliott, Composer & Producer, harp, Sara Fetherolf, librettist, Sarah Reynolds, Producer, mezzo-soprano, Marisa De Silva, soprano, Hannah Rice, soprano, Haley Hedergard, viola da gamba, Matthew Xie, theorbo, baroque guitar

ADMISSION: By donation, give what you can. This event is a fundraiser to support full upcoming productions of the works excerpted in this performance. Donations can be made without fees via VenMo @LosAngeles-Camerata. Donations can also be submitted through our website.

L.A. Camerata is an initiative to resound silenced voices in the arts.

WHERE: Private residence in Pacific Palisades, CA. Address released upon RSVP.

more info: https://www.losangelescamerata.org/seasonevents

 

Saturday, March 25, 2023, 7:00 p.m. Cardiff (San Diego) (repeats Friday, March 24, 2023, 7:00 p.m

Bach Collegium San Diego : J.S. BACH: ST. MATTHEW PASSION

J.S. Bach’s vivid musical account of Christ's passion combines a striking drama and devotion forming a pinnacle of the vocal works composed for the Leipzig churches.

Bach's St. Matthew Passion was written for the Good Friday Vespers service of 1727 at the St Thomas' Church Leipzig and brings together relevant themes of betrayal, judgement, death, and love as expressed through St. Matthew's Gospel and Bach's librettist Picander.

SOLOISTS: Aaron Sheehan, Evangelist , Clara Rottsolk, Soprano , Estelí Gomez, Soprano , Virginia Warnken, Mezzo-Soprano , Jay Carter, Countertenor , Paul Max Tipton (Christus), Bass-Baritone , Enrico Lagasca (Pilatus), Bass-Baritone

Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church 3459 Manchester Ave, Cardiff, CA 92007

more info: https://bachcollegiumsd.org/

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SUNDAY, MARCH 26
4:00 pm Los Angeles Baroque: Raiders of the Green Vault. 

For this one hour concert we’ve scoured the musical treasure trove from the Dresden court, which attracted talented musicians from all over Europe. Join us for the extraordinary music of Pisendel, Zelenka, Heinichen and Brescianello, followed by a party with the musicians. LAB's "big band" baroque orchestra is led by artistic director Lindsey Strand-Polyak (violin), with artistic associates Eva Lymenstull (cello), Aki Nishiguchi (oboe) and Mishkar Nunez-Fredell (violin).

FREE but donations welcomed.

St. James Episcopal Church, 1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena, CA.

To RSVP (optional) and for information call (707) 570-7638 or visit www.losangelesbaroque.org

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April 2023

Saturday, April 1st, 3:00-8:30PM

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra members: An Afternoon with Bach: Recitals and Lectures

Spend the afternoon in the historic First Congregational Church while enjoying beautiful music and gathering insight to the musical genius of Johann Sebastian Bach. Each performance will be preceded by an introductory lecture by a musicologist or musician.

$100

Bach Festival | An Afternoon with Bach | Recitals and Lectures

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles

520 South Commonwealth Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90020

Spend the afternoon in the historic First Congregational Church while enjoying beautiful music and gathering insight to the musical genius of Johann Sebastian Bach. Each performance will be preceded by an introductory lecture by a musicologist or musician.

3:00 – 3:30 pm    Opening Greetings with Martin Haselböck and Solo Bach Lecture with Andrew Justice

3:30 – 4:00 pm  Solo Bach Recital with Artist-in-Residence YuEun Kim in Sanctuary: Partita in D-Minor for Violin, BWV 1009

4:00 – 4:15 pm    Intermission

4:15 – 4:30 pm    Chamber Music Lecture (speaker TBD)

4:30 – 5:00 pm   Duo Recital in Sanctuary 

Sonata for violin and harpsichord in g-major, bwv 1019

Sonata in g-major for viola da gamba and harpsichord, bwv 1027

Ilia Korol, violin, Alexa Haynes-Pilon, gamba, Abraham Ross, harpsichord

5:00 – 5:15pm    Reception with Coffee and Tea

5:15 – 5:40pm   “Bach’s Musical Language” Lecture with Martin Haselböck in Barnham Room

5:45 – 6:05pm  Trio Recital in Sanctuary

Trio Sonata from the “Musical Offering”, BWV 1079

Stephen Schultz, Traverso, Ilia Korol, Violin, Abraham Ross, Harpsichord, Eva Lymenstull, Violoncello

6:00 – 7:30 pm   Dinner Break 

7:30 – 8:30 pm "The Romantic Bach" Organ Recital with Jeremy Joseph in Sanctuary

First Congregational Church of LA 520 South Commonwealth Avenue Los Angeles, California 90020

more info: https://www.musicaangelica.org/

At this time, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles REQUIRES PROOF OF VACCINATION TO ENTER.  Masks are not required indoors.

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SATURDAY, April 1st, 6:00-9:00 PM (Los Angeles)

Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble: A Night of April Foolery

Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble will present a hilarious evening of madrigals, accompanied by fine drink and fare! We will also honor Board Member, Early Music Supporter and Ornithologist Extraordinaire Larry Allen. This a fundraiser.

Wessex Consort provides instrumental backgroud music.

Location: Tam O’Shanter Inn, Los Feliz
Tickets and more info: https://www.jouyssance.org/madrigaldinner?fbclid=IwAR013qAr2IKPDBczvCqAcwvoAZsBWYUNdE4nQyQv7IyrYFEzuGlxKuu-Eic 

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Sunday, April 2nd, 3:00-6:00PM

Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra: St. Matthew Passion (J.S. Bach)

Widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of classical Baroque music, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion weaves voices and orchestra through magnificent oratorios and arias. 

    It is Musica Angelica’s esteemed honor to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in the memory of the distinguished Los Angeles philanthropist, Richard Colburn. Mr. Colburn, a longtime supporter of classical music, regularly visited Naarden in the Netherlands and was greatly moved by the Netherlands Bach Society’s performance of St. Matthew Passion, which has taken place on Good Friday annually since 1921. The Colburn Foundation, under the direction of Carol Colburn Grigor, the daughter of Richard Colburn, has provided a special grant for this performance in hopes that the St. Matthew Passion will become an annual tradition in Los Angeles.

   Widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of classical Baroque music, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion weaves voices and orchestra through magnificent oratorios and arias. Year after year, the St. Matthew Passion is still performed in major cathedrals and sold-out concert halls around the world - a testament to the intricate music’s powerful beauty.

   Two Baroque orchestras will perform with a double choir and an award-winning cast of American and European vocal soloists. This thrillingly intense music will soar in the beautiful acoustics of the First Congregational Church to create an unforgettable musical experience.

First Congregational Church of LA 520 South Commonwealth Avenue Los Angeles, California 90020

more info: https://www.musicaangelica.org/

At this time, First Congregational Church of Los Angeles REQUIRES PROOF OF VACCINATION TO ENTER.  Masks are not required indoors.

more info: https://www.musicaangelica.org/

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Maundy Thursday April 6, Good Friday April 7, Saturday April 8

Musica Transalpina: Easter Holy Week service concerts

Featuring music never before heard in the United States, we have been granted exclusive access to coronation music that was preserved in a Benedictine abbey in Austria for nearly four hundred years. Our Easter Even programme will feature music by no less than four generations of Habsburg kapellmeisters who wrote for Austrian royalty, namely Giovanni Priuli, Giovanni Valentini, Antonio Bertali, and Giovanni Felice Sances, performed by virtuoso vocalists and an abundance of period instruments.

 

Maundy Thursday, April 6. 1200 noon

Musica Transalpina: Polish composers: Marcin Mielczewski, Mikołaj Zieleński, and Bartłomiej Pękiel:  Missa Triumphalis, Magnificat

We are showcasing sacred music written for the glittering Vasa court in Poland, spectacular compositions from Counterreformation-era Poland, which was awash in cosmopolitan music-making due to the efforts of the very devout and refined King Sigismund III. Vasa, who created one of the most elite musical establishments in all of Europe. King Sigismund III was determined to establish one of the most prestigious chapels royal in Europe as a means to express his piety, refinement, and power. He hired the best composers of the time, including Palestrina’s student Asprilio Pacelli and Gabrieli’s student Giovanni Valentini (who later left for Austria), whose urbane style influenced the next generation of Polish composers. Our performance features an all-Polish programme of music by this aforementioned group of Polish composers: Marcin Mielczewski, Mikołaj Zieleński, and Bartłomiej Pękiel, all written in a flawlessly cosmopolitan idiom meant to assert the international nature of their Catholic identity.

Free: We never charge for our performances: All these programes are made possible by the kindness of our generous benefactors. Thank you for helping us bring classical music of the highest calibre to a wider audience.

parking onsite in large church lot

Ss. Peter and Paul Parish Church, 515 West Opp Street, Wilmington CA 90744.

more info: https://musicatransalpina.org/category/events/upcoming/

 

Good Friday, April 7  1200 noon

Musica Transalpina:: Lassus: St. John Passion, and works by Elam Rotem

We are premiering two works commissioned for our ensemble by world-famous baroque music expert Elam Rotem alongside St. John’s Passion by the Renaissance master Orlando di Lasso. Despite being written by the most widely-published composer of the Renaissance, the St. John Passion was intended for the private Good Friday observances of the ruling House of Wittelsbach in Bavaria, and as such, comes to us in a manuscript (and not printed) source.

Free: We never charge for our performances: All these programes are made possible by the kindness of our generous benefactors. Thank you for helping us bring classical music of the highest calibre to a wider audience.

parking onsite in large church lot

Ss. Peter and Paul Parish Church, 515 West Opp Street, Wilmington CA 90744.

more info: https://musicatransalpina.org/category/events/upcoming/

 

Saturday April 8 1200 noon

Musica Transalpina:: Bertali and Valentini: Missa Sancti Spiritus, Magnificat

Performing music by Venetian composers working at the Habsburg court. Since they were kept so busy with their royal duties, the Habsburg kapellmeisters seldom ever published their music, but we are inestimably fortunate that the Bishops of Olomouc in Moravia and the Benedictines at Kremsmünster Abbey in Austria tirelessly made copies of the priceless compositions that were being written for the Hofkapelle. The highlight of this programme is the first American performance of the Missa Sancti Spiritus by Antonio Bertali, written for the coronation of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I. in 1659. We are also performing a Magnificat by Bertali’s predecessor, Giovanni Valentini (who was also a student of the famed Giovanni Gabrieli), and a grand Easter motet by Valentini’s predecessor, Giovanni Priuli.

Dinner will be served afterwards to all attendees.

Free: We never charge for our performances: All these programes are made possible by the kindness of our generous benefactors. Thank you for helping us bring classical music of the highest calibre to a wider audience.

parking onsite in large church lot

Ss. Peter and Paul Parish Church, 515 West Opp Street, Wilmington CA 90744.

more info: https://musicatransalpina.org/category/events/upcoming/

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April 14, 2023  7:00 pm (repeats April 16 and livestreamed)

USC Thornton Opera and Thornton Symphony : Actéon by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Glory Denied by Tom Cipullo.

The Charpentier opera is based on Ovid’s story about the punishment and demise of the hunter Actéon at the hands of Diana. The piece is musically fresh and dramatically resonant with relevance to contemporary discussions regarding gender, censorship, and voice.

Cipullo’s Glory Denied is based on the book by Tom Philpott that tells the story of Floyd James “Jim” Thompson who spent 9 years as an American POW in Vietnam. The opera allows us to imagine what Jim and his wife Alice went through, both during his captivity and when facing each other after years apart.

Brent McMunn, Conductor/Music Director, Martina Roos, Stage Director, Sam Lopez, Projections Designer, Christopher Hoffman, Technical Direction, Edina Hiser, Costume Designer Glory Denied, KerriAnne Savastano, Costume Designer Actéon

Reservations Required: Contact uscopera@usc.edu for reservation information.

The show on April 16th will be livestreamed. Find out more at the recording.la/thorntonlive page

ArtShare 801 E. 4th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 687-4278

more info: https://music.usc.edu/opera/

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Saturday, April 15, 2023 7:30 PM 

USC Collegium musicum: "Early Music of Armenia"

Directed by Adam Knight Gilbert and Marina Hovhannisyan

The USC Thornton Collegium Musicum presents: Early and Traditional Music of Armenia. Featuring sacred and secular songs from Sayat-Nova, Komitas, St. Gregory of Narek and guest performers on traditional Armenian instruments.

Cammilleri Hall, Brain and Creativity Institute, USC

parking on campus  entrance from Jefferson, off campus near Vermont and 36th  Pl enter at pedestrian access gate

Admission Free and Open to the Public (masks are strongly recommended indoors)

For all of our events, follow us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/USCEarlyMusic/

and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/USCEarlyMusic

For more information, contact: earlymusic@usc.edu

For more information, contact Adam Knight Gilbert at akgilber@usc.edu or  (213) 821-6052

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April 16, 2023  2:00 pm and livestreamed (repeats April 14)

USC Thornton Opera and Thornton Symphony : Actéon by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Glory Denied by Tom Cipullo.

The Charpentier opera is based on Ovid’s story about the punishment and demise of the hunter Actéon at the hands of Diana. The piece is musically fresh and dramatically resonant with relevance to contemporary discussions regarding gender, censorship, and voice.

Cipullo’s Glory Denied is based on the book by Tom Philpott that tells the story of Floyd James “Jim” Thompson who spent 9 years as an American POW in Vietnam. The opera allows us to imagine what Jim and his wife Alice went through, both during his captivity and when facing each other after years apart.

Brent McMunn, Conductor/Music Director, Martina Roos, Stage Director, Sam Lopez, Projections Designer, Christopher Hoffman, Technical Direction, Edina Hiser, Costume Designer Glory Denied, KerriAnne Savastano, Costume Designer Actéon

Reservations Required: Contact uscopera@usc.edu for reservation information.

The show on April 16th will be livestreamed. Find out more at the recording.la/thorntonlive page

ArtShare 801 E. 4th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 687-4278

more info: https://music.usc.edu/opera/

The Charpentier opera is based on Ovid’s story about the punishment and demise of the hunter Actéon at the hands of Diana. The piece is musically fresh and dramatically resonant with relevance to contemporary discussions regarding gender, censorship, and voice.

Cipullo’s Glory Denied is based on the book by Tom Philpott that tells the story of Floyd James “Jim” Thompson who spent 9 years as an American POW in Vietnam. The opera allows us to imagine what Jim and his wife Alice went through, both during his captivity and when facing each other after years apart.

Brent McMunn, Conductor/Music Director, Martina Roos, Stage Director, Sam Lopez, Projections Designer, Christopher Hoffman, Technical Direction, Edina Hiser, Costume Designer Glory Denied, KerriAnne Savastano, Costume Designer Actéon

Reservations Required: Contact uscopera@usc.edu for reservation information.

The show on April 16th will be livestreamed. Find out more at the recording.la/thorntonlive page

ArtShare 801 E. 4th Pl. Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 687-4278

more info: https://music.usc.edu/opera/

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April 16 2023 3pm lecture, 4pm concert (Whittier)

Whittier College Bach Festival

3 pm: Pre-Concert Lecture on Women of the Baroque by Dr. Teresa LeVelle (Arnold Hall on the Whittier College Campus)

4 pm: Bach Festival Concert, featuring a Barbara Strozzi cantata, a harpsichord suite by Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and a performance of BWV 108 (libretto by Marianne von Zeigler). Alex Grabarchuk will be singing the Strozzi with Peter Yates accompanying on guitar, and conducting the Bach cantata which will feature our Whittier College Chamber Singers joined by professional soloists and instrumentalists!

Admission is free, and the concert will be followed by a reception with tea & cookies!

Memorial Chapel on the Whittier College Campus

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Fri, Apr 21, 2023  movie general release opening

Searchlight Pictures : Chevalier

Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges,the son of an African slave born in the Caribbean , who rose to fame through his musical prodigy as a celebrated violinist-composer, known as the  "Black Mozart", as well as master fencer, Saint-Georges found himself falling down a French society he was once at the top of.  Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette (Lucy Boynton) and her court.

Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria and LA city-wide

15301 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

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Friday, April 21, 2023 1:00 PM 

Prof. Jonathan Gómez : USC MUSICOLOGY FORUM LECTURE: 

“Black Music’s Interstitial Inhabitance.”

Herklotz Seminar Room, Doheny Music Library, USC

Admission Free and Open to the Public(masks are strongly recommended indoors)

For all of our events, follow us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/USCEarlyMusic/

and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/USCEarlyMusic

For more information, contact: earlymusic@usc.edu

For more information, contact Adam Knight Gilbert at akgilber@usc.edu or  (213) 821-6052

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Friday, April 28, 2023 8:00 PM 

Thornton Baroque Sinfonia

Musica Antiqua Polonica IV: Music from Early Modern Poland (in cooperation with the USC Polish Music Center)

Directed by Adam Knight Gilbert and Jason Yoshida

Newman Recital Hall, USC

Admission Free and Open to the Public(masks are strongly recommended indoors)

For all of our events, follow us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/USCEarlyMusic/

and YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/USCEarlyMusic

For more information, contact: earlymusic@usc.edu

For more information, contact Adam Knight Gilbert at akgilber@usc.edu or  (213) 821-6052

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SUNDAY, April 30, 2023, 5:00 P.M. (Los Angeles)

The Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra:  CHEVALIER FESTIVAL 2023

This Festival  features music by French Creole virtuoso violinist and composer Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799); he is gaining notoriety lately and his life and work are featured in a major film release (see April 21 listing).  LA Philharmonic Beckman Fellowship Artist, Sydney Adedamola, violinist will perform CdSG's Violin Concerto in A major, Opus 7 No. 1, and Symphonie Concertante in Bb, Opus 6 No. 2 with Violinists Kyle Gilner & Shigeru Logan, with arias from CdSG's first opera, Ernestine performed by Yolanda Mitchell West. Honoring Mr. Ayuko Babu, Executive Director of the Pan African Film Festival & Mrs. Rosemarie Cook Glover, President of the Southeast Symphony.

First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, 540 S. Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles, CA. 

Link for tickets ($25 – $60):  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chevalier-saint-georges-music-festival-laphil-violinist-sydney-adedamola-tickets-529002018277

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May 2023

Friday, May 5, 2023, 7:00 p.m. (repeats Saturday, May 6, 2022, 7:00 p.m.)

Bach Collegium San Diego : BCSD SCORCHERS! THE ORIGINAL GOLDEN OLDIES

Celebrating BCSD's twentieth anniversary season with a scorcher of a program featuring favorite and memorable repertoire performed over the last twenty seasons...how time flies!  Turn up the heat with excerpts from Bach's B minor Mass and Easter Oratorio, to arresting moments from Handel oratorios, by way of glorious Renaissance polyphony, to the sumptuousness of Rameau, plus much more!

All Souls' Episcopal Church 1475 Catalina Blvd, San Diego, CA 92107

more info: https://bachcollegiumsd.org/

 

Friday, May 5, 2023, 7:00 p.m.

Tiburtina Ensemble: Celestial Harmony

To conclude its 40th Anniversary season, the San Diego Early Music is proud to present Tiburtina Ensemble. Tiburtina specializes in plainchant and medieval polyphony, as well as contemporary music. For their San Diego debut, Tiburtina—whose members include San Diego favorite soprano Hana Blažíková—will devote an entire program to Hildegard of Bingen (c. 1098-1179)—the Benedictine abbess, preacher, philosopher, physician, composer, and mystic who arguably ranks as the first “Great Composer.”

St James by-the-Sea, 743 Prospect St, La Jolla, CA 92037

Tickets $10 to $50. For more info: https://www.sdems.org

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Saturday, May 6, 2022, 7:00 p.m. (repeats  Friday, May 5, 2023, 7:00 p.m.)

Bach Collegium San Diego : BCSD SCORCHERS! THE ORIGINAL GOLDEN OLDIES

Celebrating BCSD's twentieth anniversary season with a scorcher of a program featuring favorite and memorable repertoire performed over the last twenty seasons...how time flies!  Turn up the heat with excerpts from Bach's B minor Mass and Easter Oratorio, to arresting moments from Handel oratorios, by way of glorious Renaissance polyphony, to the sumptuousness of Rameau, plus much more!

Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church 3459 Manchester Ave, Cardiff, CA 92007

more info: https://bachcollegiumsd.org/

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Friday, May 12, 2023, 7:30 pm (Santa Barbara)

(repeats May 12, 14, 16, 18 at various locations)

Camerata Pacifica and Samuel Mariño (male soprano): music of Bach and Pergolesi.

            Camerata Pacifica presents the highly anticipated U.S. debut of acclaimed Venezuelan male soprano Samuel Mariño in a program of Bach and Pergolesi.

Program: Bach’s cantata Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209, Pergolesi’s exquisite Salve Regina in C Minor. Camerata Pacifica performs John Adams’ exhilarating Shaker Loops.

            Mariño, hailed as “a rarity in opera” (New York Times), describes himself as a true natural male soprano whose voice at puberty only “partially broke".  He explains that he is not a countertenor and doesn’t sing in a falsetto, but rather “my voice is a light lyric soprano, with a bit of coloratura.”  He studied at the Paris Conservatory and with soprano Barbara Bonney. Mariño’s natural musicality and unique vocal talent have set the stage for a career which allows him to perform a wide range of operatic roles in the baroque and classical repertoire. He has received many awards and is featured on four recordings, including his most recent, Sopranista released by Decca in 2022.

For tickets ($68) and information, visit www.cameratapacifica.org.

Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93108

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Sunday, May 14, 2023, 3 pm (Thousand Oaks)

(repeats May 12, 14, 16, 18 at various locations)

Camerata Pacifica and Samuel Mariño (male soprano): music of Bach and Pergolesi.

            Camerata Pacifica presents the highly anticipated U.S. debut of acclaimed Venezuelan male soprano Samuel Mariño in a program of Bach and Pergolesi.

Program: Bach’s cantata Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209, Pergolesi’s exquisite Salve Regina in C Minor. Camerata Pacifica performs John Adams’ exhilarating Shaker Loops.

            Mariño, hailed as “a rarity in opera” (New York Times), describes himself as a true natural male soprano whose voice at puberty only “partially broke".  He explains that he is not a countertenor and doesn’t sing in a falsetto, but rather “my voice is a light lyric soprano, with a bit of coloratura.”  He studied at the Paris Conservatory and with soprano Barbara Bonney. Mariño’s natural musicality and unique vocal talent have set the stage for a career which allows him to perform a wide range of operatic roles in the baroque and classical repertoire. He has received many awards and is featured on four recordings, including his most recent, Sopranista released by Decca in 2022.

For tickets ($68) and information, visit www.cameratapacifica.org.

Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

 

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 7:30 pm (San Marino, near Pasadena)

(repeats May 12, 14, 16, 18 at various locations)

Camerata Pacifica and Samuel Mariño (male soprano): music of Bach and Pergolesi.

            Camerata Pacifica presents the highly anticipated U.S. debut of acclaimed Venezuelan male soprano Samuel Mariño in a program of Bach and Pergolesi.

Program: Bach’s cantata Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209, Pergolesi’s exquisite Salve Regina in C Minor. Camerata Pacifica performs John Adams’ exhilarating Shaker Loops.

            Mariño, hailed as “a rarity in opera” (New York Times), describes himself as a true natural male soprano whose voice at puberty only “partially broke".  He explains that he is not a countertenor and doesn’t sing in a falsetto, but rather “my voice is a light lyric soprano, with a bit of coloratura.”  He studied at the Paris Conservatory and with soprano Barbara Bonney. Mariño’s natural musicality and unique vocal talent have set the stage for a career which allows him to perform a wide range of operatic roles in the baroque and classical repertoire. He has received many awards and is featured on four recordings, including his most recent, Sopranista released by Decca in 2022.

For tickets ($68) and information, visit www.cameratapacifica.org.

The Huntington’s Rothenberg Hall, 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108

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Thursday, May 18 4:30pm – 5:30pm

HKSA Conference: USC Thornton School of Music Early Music Ensemble: Chaconas, Folias, Matachins, Sardanas, and Xacaras in Iberian and Latin American Dance and Song

The Historic Keyboard Society of America, annual Conference concert.

Tickets are $20 General Admission and $10 Students/Seniors. 

No covid restrictions.  Parking at venue or on street.

Information www.hksna.org.

Claremont Graduate University, Albrecht Auditorium, Stauffer Hall of Learning, 925 N. Dartmouth Avenue, Claremont 91711

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Thursday, May 18, 7:30 p.m (Claremont)

HKSA Conference: Carol lei Breckenridge, fortepiano - The Silbermann Piano: Music by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, and Domenico Scarlatti

The Historic Keyboard Society of America, annual Conference concert.

Carol lei will be performing on her brand new Silbermann fortepiano.

Tickets are $20 General Admission and $10 Students/Seniors. 

No covid restrictions.  Parking at venue or on street.

Information www.hksna.org.

Claremont Graduate University, Art & Music Building, Peggy Phelps Gallery, 251 E. 10th Street, Claremont, CA 91711

 

Friday, May 19, 7:00 p.m. (Claremont)

HKSA Conference, Margaret Irwin-Brandon, organ – Toccatas, Tientos, Trumpets & Tango

The Historic Keyboard Society of America, annual Conference concert.

Margaret will be performing on the spectacular Rosales/Glatter-Götz (Opus 2, 1997) organ with 77 ranks, 4,041 pipes, 4 divisions, and 3 manuals.

Tickets are $20 General Admission and $10 Students/Seniors. 

No covid restrictions.  Parking at venue or on street.

Information www.hksna.org.

Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 W. Harrison Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711

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Saturday, May 20, 7:30 p.m. (Claremont)

HKSA Conference: Early Music Ensemble of UCLA - Una sañosa porfía: Sounds of Power, Love, and Loss in the Spanish Empire

and Early Music Ensemble of Cal State Long Beach - works by Purcell and Hasse.

The Historic Keyboard Society of America, annual Conference concert.

Tickets are $20 General Admission and $10 Students/Seniors. 

No covid restrictions.  Parking at venue or on street.

Information www.hksna.org.

Claremont Graduate University, Albrecht Auditorium, Stauffer Hall of Learning, 925 N. Dartmouth Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711